Winter is Coming (feat. Jesse Finkelstein)

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11/27/22 • 42 min

We've set our clocks back, taken out our parkas, and cranked up our radiators — winter is coming, people! Join clinicians at Behavioral Psych Studio as we offer a warm welcome to our first interviewee, Jesse Finkelstein! Jesse is here to chat about his experiences as a DBT clinician, researcher, animator, and creator of The Game of Real Life. AND, that's not all! He's also chatting with us about ABC PLEASE, an especially useful set of emotion regulation skills as we round the corner on those slightly colder, slightly darker winter months. Cue the Game of Thrones theme music, because we've got a whole menu of skills from which to choose!
Sources:
https://www.talkgood.org/
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/seasonal-affective-disorder
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2019/seasonal-affective-disorder/

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